title: Comparative study of structure and function of blood cells from two Drosophila species.
abstract: Hemocytes of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila yakuba larvae have been defined in terms of their ultrastructure and functions in "coagulation", wound healing, encapsulation, phenol-oxidase activity, and phagocytosis. The position of these cells among the classical hemocyte types of insects is determined. We distinguish two plasmatocyte types (macrophage-plasmatocytes and lamellocytes) which do not seem to belong to the same lineage, and oenocytoids which are the crystal cells of the literature.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013045:Species Specificity